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Table 3 Serum Parameters

From: Extracts from Salvia-Nelumbinis naturalis alleviate hepatosteatosis via improving hepatic insulin sensitivity

Parameters

8-week dieting

Post 4-week treatment

Chow

HC

Chow

HC

HC + Pio

HC + SNN

HC + Sim

TG (mM)

1.12 ± 0.08

1.90 ± 0.14††

1.62 ± 0.80

0.98 ± 0.16**

0.88 ± 0.23

1.53 ± 0.38##

1.41 ± 0.22##

TC (mM)

1.59 ± 0.04

2.95 ± 0.13††

1.93 ± 0.18

2.53 ± 0.18**

2.43 ± 0.13

2.44 ± 0.14

2.46 ± 0.15

HDL-c (mM)

1.02 ± 0.01

0.80 ± 0.04††

1.66 ± 0.15

0.95 ± 0.09**

1.12 ± 0.12#

0.99 ± 0.06

0.88 ± 0.03

LDL-c (mM)

0.32 ± 0.01

1.60 ± 0.08††

0.25 ± 0.07

1.47 ± 0.18**

1.19 ± 0.16#

1.17 ± 0.15#

1.31 ± 0.11

FFA (u/l)

1792 ± 81.6

2414 ± 145††

1966 ± 107

2562 ± 153**

2162 ± 136#

2100 ± 162#

2476 ± 174

FBG (mM)

5.0 ± 0.11

8.8 ± 0.26††

5.5 ± 0.26

9.8 ± 0.26**

9.6 ± 0.33

9.7 ± 0.29

ND

FIN (u/l)

36.7 ± 1.27

194.5 ± 25.47††

56.4 ± 14.6

226.3 ± 19.7**

208.0 ± 19.4

219.3 ± 20.2

ND

  1. Values are means ± SE (n =6-8 per group). †† p < 0.01relative to 8-weekunder chow diet,** p < 0.01relative to 12-weekunder chow diet; # p < 0.05, ## p < 0.01, versus 12-weekHFHS diet.TG, triglyceride; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-c, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; FFA, free fatty acid; FBG, fasting blood glucose, FIN, fasting insulin; ND, not determined.